On the contrary ex-I,
I think we know a fair bit. First there is the touchstone that any action performed with a virtue in it is good karma. As thought is the basis of action, attention should be directed to thinking thoughts and creating attitudes which result in worthy actions.
Lots of people struggle with guilt, doubt etc, no matter where one is it is far better to create anew rather than beat oneself up. The notion that the mind is a tool of creation rather than a tool of commentary is useful. Say I look at my life now but only use my mind to try to change what I have already created then a mess will result. Whereas if I look hard at me now, decide what I want to change, and then newly create the necessary thoughts attitudes and actions then new influences will eventually replace the old influences that I consider unwanted. What is wanted by me may not be in alignment with what either the BK or Bap Dada say it is best for me to want, the fact is that I can go in any direction I choose.
When I get angry I lose a lot of energy. Revenge is a poison that turns the intender into a dried up shell of a man. Greed makes one feel poor and Envy turns one metaphorically green. But when I truly help myself or another to make better use of life energy then life seems to love me.
For me this is a workable alive and very practical paradigm, it is not like reading a book and knowing what is in it but not being able to apply what one has learnt. If there were no laws of the universe then conscious and deliberate progress would not be possible but if karma is the law of laws it is very good news for the constructive man. It has to begin as a question "is karma true?" else people would automatically think "yeah thats what happens" and they would not make the effort necessary in order to apply the law in ones own life. Of course the view "karma does not exist" can result in an anything goes grease slide to who knows where. Many who say this that karma does not exist have other methods of keeping themselves safe from what is better not experienced.
Does God punish one for bad karma? I am really not sure, I act on the basis that it is the impersonal no favourites Law of Karma that honestly and impartially does its work. This saves me from the trouble of having to placate someone else. If you hear me scream at the time of destruction please know that I got this bit wrong. Hopefully it'll be a just little scream and not one that deafens you.
I think we know a fair bit. First there is the touchstone that any action performed with a virtue in it is good karma. As thought is the basis of action, attention should be directed to thinking thoughts and creating attitudes which result in worthy actions.
Lots of people struggle with guilt, doubt etc, no matter where one is it is far better to create anew rather than beat oneself up. The notion that the mind is a tool of creation rather than a tool of commentary is useful. Say I look at my life now but only use my mind to try to change what I have already created then a mess will result. Whereas if I look hard at me now, decide what I want to change, and then newly create the necessary thoughts attitudes and actions then new influences will eventually replace the old influences that I consider unwanted. What is wanted by me may not be in alignment with what either the BK or Bap Dada say it is best for me to want, the fact is that I can go in any direction I choose.
When I get angry I lose a lot of energy. Revenge is a poison that turns the intender into a dried up shell of a man. Greed makes one feel poor and Envy turns one metaphorically green. But when I truly help myself or another to make better use of life energy then life seems to love me.
For me this is a workable alive and very practical paradigm, it is not like reading a book and knowing what is in it but not being able to apply what one has learnt. If there were no laws of the universe then conscious and deliberate progress would not be possible but if karma is the law of laws it is very good news for the constructive man. It has to begin as a question "is karma true?" else people would automatically think "yeah thats what happens" and they would not make the effort necessary in order to apply the law in ones own life. Of course the view "karma does not exist" can result in an anything goes grease slide to who knows where. Many who say this that karma does not exist have other methods of keeping themselves safe from what is better not experienced.
Does God punish one for bad karma? I am really not sure, I act on the basis that it is the impersonal no favourites Law of Karma that honestly and impartially does its work. This saves me from the trouble of having to placate someone else. If you hear me scream at the time of destruction please know that I got this bit wrong. Hopefully it'll be a just little scream and not one that deafens you.